Improvement in cartouches fqr dressing wounds



L, Inps. CARTOUCHES FORDRESSING WOUNDS.

Patented Jul-y 18 N. PETERS, PHTO-LIHOGRAPHE WASHlNvBYON. D. C.

- Unirse STATES. PATENT @rareza LON KIPS, OF BRUSSELS, BELGIUM.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARTOUCHES EQR DRESSING WOUNDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 180,039, dated July 18, 1876; application tiled June 9, 1876.

y of Brussels, in the Kingdom ot' Belgium, have invented a Cartouch for Dressing Wounds; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms part of this specitication. Y

The object of this invention is to afford to wounded soldiers on the iield of battle, to travelers, and others, an immediate succor, which can be applied by the wounded themselves, and thus enable them to await the arrival of a doctor or a surgeon, whose skillful aid might otherwise be applied too late to prevent serious evils, or, in many cases, to save the lit'e of the patient.

The invention consists iu a tube of paste'- board or other suitable material, containing' materials and implements for dressing wounds, v

- ping the flow of blood, and affording immediate relief to the wounded.

Figure l in the accompanying drawing represents the complete cartouch. Fig.-2 represents the same with a portion ot' the shell broken away to show the inclosed contents. Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6,' 7, and 8 respectively represent different articles iuclosed in the case.

The cartouch contains a piece or strip ot' amadou, ct, (shown in Fig. 8,) aplaster, p, Fig. 4, consisting ot' a strip of cloth or other suitable material spread over with ointment or salve, a safety-pin, s, Fig. 5, waxed thread t, Fig. S, a coiled band or tape, Z, Fig. 7, several pins, It, Fig. 6, and a bandage, b, Fig. 3.

These materials are those principally neces-A sary for the iirst dressing of wounds; but other articles may also be inclosed.

These materials are packed in the case c, Figs. l and 2, preferably in the following manner: The plaster p, Fig. 4, is laid, with they side on which the .ointment or salve is spread downward, upon the bandage b, Fig.

3. The safetypin s, Fig. 5, and the pins h,

Fig. 6, are then thrust into the texture of the bandage transversely, as shown in dottedoutline in Fig. 2, and the pins, plaster, and bandage are then rolled into a compact roll, 1', Fig. 2. The amadou a, and thread t, Fig. 3, are then rolled in a compact roll, r', Fig. 2, a-nd the tape or band l is also rolled into a compact roll, r, Fig. 2. rIhe roll r, Fig. 2, is thrust into'the case c, Figs. l and 2, said case being' of a sufficient length to receive also thev rolls i" r, which are preferably placed in said case at opposite ends of the roll r. The ends of the case c are then closed, and the contents of the case covered by gummed-paper labels, or labels of other thin and easily ruptured material 5 and the cartouch then presents the appearance shown in Fig. 1.

'Io get at the contents ot' the cartouch it is only necessary to press with a finger upon one of the ends and thrust the finger into ythe case, which will break in the label at the end so pressed upon, and thrust out the contents of the case at the opposite end. By this means a wounded man may easily get at the contents of the cartouch, and may apply them as follows: First, he may stop the iow of blood by the application of the amadou, and leave it, it'

necessary, upon the wound. He may then apply the plaster, cover it with the bandage, and fasten the bandage with the safety-pin. The tape or band may be used to support a fractured bone, to assist in arresting hemorrhage, or aid in fastening on the bandage. The pins may then be inserted in his coat sleeve or lapel, and the waxed thread wound T. claim A cau-touch for dressing' wounds, consisting of the tubular euse c, the bandage b, A(und pla-te 1), with the inclosed pins, the lAlmaden-roll a, and waxed threads t, and the roll of tapes l and the gummed-paper inclosug-disks, the Whole constructed and armlged substantially ars described.

Brussels Belgium May 26, eighteen hdhx.

dr'ed and seventy-Six.4

Witnesses:

J. NORTON, DUPARNEAU.

LEON Kues. N 

